Shirt.



F. J. MYNAR 1, C. P. ZIMMERMAN.

SHIRT. APPLGATION FILED MAY 6, 1913.v

Patented Feb. 2, 1915.

FRANK-J. MYNAR a'iarrnmaan, or

SHIRT.

Application 'edMay e, 191B; Eeriss No:

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in shirts, and has for oneof its objects the provision of means for preventing the facings offa shirt, which carries the buttons and button-holes, and other fastening means, from buckling near the -neckband of the shirt.

Another object lof this invention is the provision of means which will prevent the front collar-button, used in attaching a collar to the shirt, from being hentat an angle and irritating the neck of a wearer when the collar is of a smaller size than the neckband of the shirt.

A still further object of this invention is theproivsionof a means of the above described nature which will prevent the-base of the collar-button from contacting with the neck of the wearer.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view, this invention consists of such novel features of construction as will be hereinafter more fullyndescribed, illustrated in the yaccompanying drawings. and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reiference `designate like or corresponding parts throughout -the several views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a view of a fragment of a shirt showing the invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. l only looking atthe shirt from a different point of view, andshowing the invention in a different position; Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view through the facing of the shirt which carries the buttons `and through a portion of the inventionvshowing the means forjpre- .venting the base of the collar-buttonfrom contacting with the neck of the wearer. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view through the facing of 'the shirt which carries the buttonV and also through a portion of the invention illustrating the manner in which the facing of thel shirtbuckles near the neck-band when the flap is not connected thereto.

In referring to the drawings by numeral,

1 designates a shirt of any construction hav- Spec'cation of Letters Patent.

ing the facingsf and f3 formed adjacent the edges of the split portion of the shirt. The facing 2- carries the buttons (not Shown; and the facili means 'of whie.` the opening in the shirt is closed or the saine is fastened upon the body of the wearer. The shirt' has 'a neckband 5 ,formed thereupon the outer portion of which is of the usual construction employed in necklnind's for shirts. 'p

Secured to the inner side Vof the Vneckband 5 is a reinforced strip of material 6 which `entirelv covers the interior of the neckband o, and which has a iap' 7 formedin-- tegrally with one end thereof. The -upper end 8 of the Hap 7 is securely sewed to the neckb'and 5 as is the outeredgeQfor a short distance. extending downwardly from the upper edge of the same; The greater portion of the flap 7 and that which 'extends downwardly from the strip 6 is'loose or unattached to anyfportion of the shirt, asis clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and has a button 10 sewed upon the 'inner side near the lower end of the saine. The button 10 is received by the button-hole 11 `which is formed in the facing 2 of the shirt, which facing carries the buttons (not shown) of the fastening means of the shirt.

By inserting the buttonlO through the buttonhole 11 and holding the flap 7 adjacent the inner side of the facing 2, a reinforcemeut for the upper portion of the facing 2 is provided, which reinforcement will pre-v vent the upper portion of the facings 2 and 3 the button-holes Llby.

3 from buckling when the two facings of the shirt are fastened'together. l

. By sewing the upper end S of the flap 7 yandthe -side 9 of the same securely to the neckband a pocket or recess 12 is formed betweenthe upper end of the flap 7 and the neckband 5, as is'clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. This pocket is directly back of the button-hole 13 through which a collarbutton 14: is inserted forfattaching a` collar to the shirt. By the provision of the pocket or recess 12 the base 1l ofthe col= lar-button 14 will be. prevented from contacting with the neck of the wearer, as a portion Vof the flap 7 will be disposed between the base 14 and the neck of the wearer (not shown), as will be clearly seengages'the base 14 of the collar-button, the,`

` puling motion, which is generated by the latter will also rbe prevented from bending or turning at an an'gle when a collar is attached to the shirt which collar is of a smaller size than the neckband of the shirt.

VIn Fig. 4 of the drawings a sectional View through the facing or marginal edge of the shirt, which carries the buttons of the same, and through the flap 7, is shown. This view illustrates the manner in which the facing or marginal edge of the shirt buckles near the neck-band of the same when the flap 7 is not Iconnected thereto by means of the button 10 and the button-hole ll. The buckling of the shirt is designated by the numeral 15. When the strip 7 is secured or' attached to the facing or marginal edge Q'of the shirt, by means of the button 10 and thevbutton-hole l1, the Hap rests against the inner surface of the facing or marginal dore 2, and tends to impart a downward insertion of the shirt intothe trousers of the wearer, (not shown), so that the facing or marginal edge 2 of the shirt Will be held perfectly straight and prevented from buckling, as is shown at 15.

Infpractical fields certain minor features of construction may necessitate alterations to which the patentees are entitled provided such alterations are comprehended Within the scope of what is claimed.

What is claimed is: v

1.` The combination with a shirt having a neck-band and facings upon its marginal edge provided with means for fastening the shirt upon the body of a wearer, of a Hap.

secured to the neck-band of the shirt co-acting with a part of said fastening means for preventing said facings from buckling near said neck-band.

2. The combination With an open shirt having a neck-band and means carried by the marginal edges of the shirt for fastening the same upon the body of a wearer, of a flap secured to the shirt near the neck band thereof and extending downwardly inside one of the marginal edges, and means carried by said flap for co-acting with said fastening means at a point belonT said neckband to prevent the buckling of said marginal edge.

3. As a means to prevent the buckling of the facings of a shirt, a neck-band portion .for the shirt, a Hap-integrally incorporated in the structure of the neck-band and having a free end depending inside of the faoing upon one of the marginal edges of the shirt, and. means for attaching said free end to said marginal edge to prevent the buckling of the latter.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

FRANK J. MYNAR. CHARLES P. ZIMMERMAN.

lVitnesses:

AUGUSTUS 7. BRADFORD, ALLAN C. THURJIAN. 

